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US Flight Crisis Deepens
Disruptions to U.S. air travel continued after a failure in a new routing device affected communications and radar systems, leading to more than 6,150 flight cancellations and 7,300 delays on Saturday, following even greater disruptions on Friday. The precise cause of the failure has not been determined, while the Federal Aviation Administration expected air traffic to return largely to normal by Sunday evening. The crisis exposed deeper strains on aging air traffic control systems and a shortage of controllers. The transportation secretary called for $50 billion to modernize the systems, after Congress approved $12.5 billion last year.
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